Global Polio Eradication Initiative

Boy receives polio vaccination drops during a house-to-house vaccination campaign in Sanaa

Malawi Detects Polio, First Wild Case in Africa in Over 5 Years

Reuters 18/02/2022

Laboratory analysis showed the strain detected in Malawi was...

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The Problem With Declaring Africa To Be Free of Wild Polio

Jordan Schermerhorn 30/10/2020

A three-year certification period should not apply where populations...

An infant receiving an oral polio vaccine. Credit: cdcglobal/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Two of Three Wild Poliovirus Strains Eradicated: WHO

Kate Kelland 24/10/2019

The last case of polio type 3 was detected...

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Polio Eradication Effort Challenged, But Not Derailed

Walt Orenstein and Julie Garon 02/09/2016

Polio for years has come close to being eradicated,...

A child receives a polio vaccination during an anti-polio campaign on the outskirts of Jalalabad, Afghanistan

Latest Battle to Wipe Out Polio Begins With Vast Vaccine Switch

Kate Kelland 16/04/2016

Stopping transmission of the contagious viral disease that has...